The American Civil War was a major historical event in a nation's history and the Thomas T. Eckert Papers represent eye witness accounts or at the very least ba

The American Civil War was a major historical event in a nation's history and the Thomas T. Eckert Papers represent eye witness accounts or at the very least basic data relating to that period of US history. My own nation's Civil War started in 1642 and although there is a fair amount of documentary evidence available regarding what happened, there certainly wasn't anything like this - raw communications data at the time it happened. It's priceless and if I was an American I would be signing up right now to assist in the effort.